Monoculture and the Irish Potato Famine

University of California Museum of Paleontology. Monoculture and the Irish Potato Famine: cases of missing genetic variation.

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https://evolution.berkeley.edu/the-relevance-of-evolution/agriculture/monoculture-and-the-irish-potato-famine-cases-of-missing-genetic-variation/

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• Apparent Variety Masks Shared Driver
  • In agriculture and food systems, monoculture vulnerability hides behind a multiplicity of farms and fields that share a single cultivar, as in the Irish potato famine or the Cavendish banana's exposure to Panama disease.

    This sourceUnderstanding Evolution, Berkeley. Explains how a genetically uniform single-cultivar crop (the Irish potato; the clonally propagated Cavendish banana facing Panama disease / Fusarium wilt) couples a multiplicity of farms to one shared vulnerability, so a common pathogen fails them all at once.

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